Ideologies / Social Libertarian / Floyd Abrams
§ The minds · b. 1936 · United States · Attorney
Floyd Abrams
The First Amendment's advocate
Free speech, argued at the highest court.
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The attorney who argued many of the defining free-speech cases of the modern era — from the Pentagon Papers onward — making him the foremost courtroom champion of American civil liberties.
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Civil-libertarian progressive on expression.
economic
Centrist; the speech clause, not economics, is his life's work.
governance
Litigated the landmark cases curbing state censorship and prior restraint.
Notable for
- Pentagon Papers case
- Leading First Amendment litigator
- 'The Soul of the First Amendment'
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